Conv. II. xv. 18-22. (Jackson).
“You are to know that the Sages measured the places of all the fixed stars as accurately as possible with their instruments, as far south as they could see in the third climate.... The number of all the stars which he was able to measure is one thousand and twenty-two.”
“We see in it (the starry heaven) a difference in the magnitude of the stars and in their light.”
Qu. xxi. 19-21.
“Lights many the eighth sphere displays to you Which in their quality and quantity May noted be of aspects different.” Par. ii. 65-66. (Longfellow).
[275] “The Ram.” Purg. viii. 134; Par. xxix. 2.
[276] “The sign which follows Taurus,” Par. xxii. 110, 111; “The eternal Twins,” xxii. 152; “The fair nest of Leda,” xxvii. 98.